Alexus Henley’s Reviews > The Lost Bookshop > Status Update

Huge news, Henry is so obsessed with finding the book shop because he had seen it and been inside it before! Just like the woman who Martha’s employer told us a story about!

As for Opal, she had to flee Paris after her brother found her through the papers. She arrived in Dublin only for her contact to have passed away before her arrival. Fortunately his son, Mr. Fitzpatrick was kind enough to after her a place to stay as well as a job taking over his late father’s shop.

This book is really good! Henry and Martha are currently at odds, they aren’t arguing but they have a growing attraction that each of them keeps pushing away. Apparently Henry is engaged BUT I think he could do better *cough cough.

Henry and Martha have formed sort of a friendship and a little bit of a budding romance, they definitely are attracted to each other at the very least! It’s very cute. As for the main story, they haven’t discovered much else about the bookshop. Though Martha had discovered some deep cracks behind her dresser that she doesn’t recall being there before. Very mysterious.

I’m really liking these characters and the world building. I especially love Henry and Martha’s dynamic, the way they bounce off of each other. They’ve also been “introduced” to Opal through old manuscripts Henry discovered while searching for this mysterious bookshop.

So, Henry and Martha are in the same time period. Opaline is from London, 1921. Henry and Martha have met twice now, the first time Martha had mistaken him for a peeping-tom and most recently they went for coffee where Henry told Martha what it is he’s looking for. Meanwhile, Opaline, who I’m going to call Opal for short, has found herself as an apprentice in Paris while escaping her family’s arranged marriage.

So far so good, nothing to really note yet. I enjoy the characters and they each have a few similarity’s. The major ones being that they each have a place that is homely but not their home and a love for books. Each character has a good hook and I’m interested to learn more, particularly about Henry.